Centenary News rounds off coverage of the 2018 Zeebrugge Raid Centenary events with a report from Dover’s commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the strikes against German U-boat bases.
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Blankenberge’s tribute to George Nicholson Bradford VC
The family of Lt Cdr George Bradford – one of the only pair of brothers both to receive the Victoria Cross in WW1 – have expressed their ‘heartfelt thanks’ for a new memorial to him in Flanders marking the Zeebrugge Raid Centenary.
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Australia’s new Sir John Monash Centre at Villers-Bretonneux
Australia has opened a new multi-media visitor centre in France, commemorating Australian forces on the Western Front at the scene of some of their most successful WW1 actions.
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‘Battle for the North Sea’ exhibition in Flanders unites 11 Victoria Crosses
Centenary News tours a new exhibition in Bruges, bringing together all the Zeebrugge Raid Victoria Crosses – and highlighting both sides of the WW1 struggle between Flanders -based German submarines and Britain’s Royal Navy.
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Stars & Stripes return to Islay, 100 years on
An American flag made by Scottish islanders to honour US soldiers of the Great War who perished in a U-boat attack has travelled back to Islay for international commemorations taking place on Friday (May 4).
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Navies pay combined tribute to ‘Tuscania’ and ‘Otranto’ off Islay
Scotland’s commemorations for the American and British dead of the WW1 troopships SS Tuscania and HMS Otranto got under way with tributes at sea by the British, US, French and German navies.
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Flanders exhibitions, ‘1918 – The Final Offensive’
Three exhibitions now under way in Zonnebeke, Heuvelland and Waregem highlight different aspects of the last year of the First World War in Flanders.
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Update on Shrouds of the Somme & ‘The Trench’
A trench of shrouded figures, each representing a First World War soldier who has no known grave, is the latest tribute from Shrouds of the Somme creator Rob Heard, ahead of a display marking the Armistice Centenary in November 2018.
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Downing Street reception for RAF Centenary
A replica of an RAF aerobatic team jet was stationed outside 10 Downing Street for a reception hosted by UK Prime Minister Theresa May to mark the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force.
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Memorial dedicated to millions of horses lost in the Great War
The horses, mules and donkeys from all sides who never returned from the First World War have been honoured with their own memorial in Britain.
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